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LEONA LEWIS believes Barack Obama has the X Factor to fix Broken Britain if he wins the US election tomorrow.

The Hackney-born singer, 23, was surrounded by gang violence as she grew up on an East London estate. she has watched the behaviour of youngsters in the area plummet to new lows recently.

This time last year she found out her friend Etem Celebi, 17, had been shot dead just streets from where she grew up.

Leona, like Obama, is mixed race — believes the Democrat could help get British youngsters from ethnic minorities off the streets if he wins.

Leona says: “I just don’t know what’s going on with the young kids in London now. I think Barack Obama could inspire young ethnic minorities in the UK to do something productive and show it’s not cool to do nothing with your life.

“Who gets elected president of America is important for everyone in the world, because they end up running our country too.

‘ Barack’s so cool. Nothing fazes him ’ “I think Obama is amazing. He’s just so cool and articulate. Nothing fazes him. I think it would be a huge step forward for America and the world.

“It would mean so much to have a mixed-race president, I just can’t explain. The country needs that change.

“It would mean everything for ethnic minorities in that country and every country around the world to have a mixed-race leader of America.”